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JCI Operation Hope to Aid Recovery in Pakistan
In the wake of the recent heavy flooding in Pakistan, JCI Members commit to assist the national recovery through JCI Operation Hope.
Pakistan recently suffered its deadliest floods in decades. Torrential rains overwhelmed government efforts to provide aid, ripped out bridges, roads and villages and cost more than 1,600 people their lives. An estimated 980,484 homes were destroyed or seriously damaged by the flood, affecting more than 15.4 million people. Pakistani officials estimate the flooding has set back the country’s development by decades, according to CNN.
JCI Pakistan is coordinating recovery efforts with local and national governments and has established three relief camps throughout the affected areas, offering clean drinking water, food and clothing to displaced residents. JCI will work with JCI Pakistan to develop projects that will contribute to rebuilding the nation after the disaster. Through JCI Operation Hope, JCI Members can reach across the globe and donate funds to sustain the ongoing recovery of the nation.
“Every province of Pakistan has been hit and affected,” said 2010 JCI Pakistan National President Israr Khan. “The rains in the last couple of weeks have wreaked havoc in the country. Women and children are staying on rooftops and in trees with torn clothes. Infants are dying, diseases are spreading, and affected people are forced to drink floodwater from areas that have dead animals and humans.”
One of the principle values of JCI is the belief that the brotherhood of man transcends the sovereignty of nations. The duty to assist rests upon JCI Members from around the world. Donations of support for Pakistan can be sent via the JCI Operation Hope website. Operation Hope was established in 2005 to support disaster recovery efforts worldwide and all funds are used to assist the victims of recent natural disasters.
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